The alleged rapist was a 19-year-old fellow patient at the middle within the capital, New Delhi, Parvinder Singh, a further deputy commissioner of Delhi police, told CNN.
"The two didn't know one another beforehand, the rape happened in an isolated area at the middle and a 20-year-old man, a lover of the 19-year-old, assisted within the crime," Singh said.
The suspect and therefore the alleged victim had tested positive for coronavirus and were patients at the ten ,000-bed Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre in Chhatarpur, within the south of the town .
Police first registered the incident on July 16, when the girl's family reported the alleged attack.
"The girl alleged that the 20-year-old also recorded the rape on his phone. We are investigating this also because the rape charge," Singh added.
The alleged incident has been registered as a case under the Protection of youngsters from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) act.
Singh told CNN that the 2 suspects are arrested and are at a government hospital under judicial custody because they're being treated for coronavirus.
The girl is receiving treatment at a special government hospital, he added.
India has one among the very best coronavirus case counts within the world, with quite 1.28 million people infected with the virus, consistent with a Johns Hopkins University tally -- third only to the US, which has quite 4 million cases, and Brazil, with quite 2.28 million.
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